From the Ben-Ami (Rabbi David Z.) Papers. This small slip of paper advocates hate as a positive virtue and labels persons as fence straddlers if they will not commit to active involvement in hate groups. The paper instructs recipients of the...

cartoon by John Stampone; This cartoon contains four frames. Within the four frames, two bald, fat men shovel dirt and fill in a hole in the ground. One man is labeled "Soviets" and the other man is labeled "Red China" In the first frame, a...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A dog with the words "Tax bite" for teeth sits in the grass in front of a door labeled, "Overlapping and duplication in state government." A note on the stoop reads, "Need for a...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon, with one hand, pulls on the ropes of a flag pole to raise the American flag and a pennant beneath it that reads, "The U.S. will fly high again." Nixon is holding...

Transcribed copy of a report by the General Legislative Committee of Mississippi based on findings from an investigation of the occupation of the University of Mississippi in 1962 by the United States Department of Justice. Action was taken in...

Transcribed copy of an essay written by a Freedom School volunteer. Describes the locations of the Freedom Schools, subjects taught, enrollment, activities, as well as the students' concerns regarding discrimination. Also discusses the burdens of...

From the Mack (Will) Hanging Photographs. Photograph of the gallows and crowd following the hanging of Will Mack, which took place on 23 July 1909 in Brandon, Mississippi. Will Mack can be seen hanging underneath the gallows covered in a black hood.

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The Kremlin in the background shows that the setting for the cartoon is Moscow. Balloons above the Kremlin are labeled, "50th anniversary" and "Bolshevik revolution...

From the Miller (Michael J.) Civil Rights Collection; Appendix C explains the history and platform of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), lists the executive committee members, and sets out a plan for the Congressional challenge. ...

A collection of interviews with African-Americans of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, circa twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, who knew Colonel John Robinson, an African-American pilot who was tapped by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Sellassie in the...

Contract signed between private tutor William Westerman and representatives of twelve families in Warren County, Mississippi agreeing that Westerman will teach sixteen children of their children. The families include the Hyland, Rawls, and Gibson...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Collins. Five of six panels show world leaders reading newspaper headlines of Lyndon Johnson's decision not to seek reelection in 1968. Canada's Lester B. Pearson says, "Those Americans!...

Photograph of Dr. Lucas with members of the University Activities Council. Photo taken in the Union lobby under a banner with the words: "Goodbye Dr. Lucas...we will miss you!" Also found in the 1997 Southerner yearbook on page 201.